The 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championship season was the 50th New Zealand Motocross Championship season.
The series had four rounds across the country, running from early February to mid April.
Maximus Purvis was the reigning champion in the MX1 class, however, he did not defend his title due to recovering from knee surgery. In the MX2 class, Cody Cooper was the reigning champion after picking up his tenth senior national title in the 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship.
At the conclusion of the season, it was Hamish Harwood who won the MX1 title. This was Harwood's sixth senior national title overall and came after a season-long battle with former Motocross World Championship racer Jed Beaton. The MX2 class saw a three-way championship battle between reigning champion Cooper, Australian rider Caleb Ward and James Scott. In the end it was Scott who would take away his first senior national title by seven points over Cooper.
Race calendar and results
MX1 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Race 3 Winner Round Winner 1 3 February Rotorua Hamish Harwood Hamish Harwood Jed Beaton Hamish Harwood 2 25 February Balclutha Jed Beaton Hamish Harwood Jed Beaton Jed Beaton 3 23 March Pukekohe Hamish Harwood Hamish Harwood Hamish Harwood Hamish Harwood 4 14 April Taranaki Jed Beaton Jed Beaton Hamish Harwood Jed Beaton
MX2 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Race 3 Winner Round Winner 1 3 February Rotorua James Scott Cody Cooper Caleb Ward James Scott 2 25 February Balclutha Cody Cooper Cody Cooper Caleb Ward Cody Cooper 3 23 March Pukekohe James Scott James Scott Caleb Ward James Scott 4 14 April Taranaki James Scott Cody Cooper James Scott James Scott
Circuit locations
MX1
Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha B Jed Beaton All Husqvarna 2 Darryl King 4 Bikeforce Suzuki New Zealand Suzuki 8 Tyler Steiner All Powerzone Motorcycles Kawasaki 9 Madison Latta All Murray Thorn Motorcycles Yamaha 10 Ethan Waters 1 CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 16 Hayden Smith 1–2 Gas Gas 18 Josh de Reus All KTM Canada KTM 23 Josiah Natzke 1 Pumps & Filters Yamaha 24 Liam Hutton All The Riders Circle Yamaha 32 James Rountree All KTM 42 Josh Bensemann 2 Yamaha 44 Max Singleton All Tasman Honda Honda 48 Nic D'Arcy 1–3 LMC Husqvarna Racing Husqvarna 57 Joshua Jack All Vertex Lubricants KTM 72 Seth Thompson All Gas Gas 73 Ezra Holmes 1–2 Mahana Earthworks Yamaha 81 Hayden Wilkinson All Yamaha 82 Callem McCulloch 3 Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 93 Jack Treloar All MTF Finance Yamaha 115 Liam Kerr All TSS Motocycles Gas Gas 124 Zak Nolan 1–3 CML KTM Racing KTM 153 Hamish Harwood All KTM 157 Logan Maddren 3 Action Moto Kawasaki 179 Davi Jordan All KTM 254 Cam Negus 1 Yamaha 255 Luke van der Lee 1 Honda 338 Brad Groombridge 4 City Honda Honda 393 Toby Winiata All Kawasaki New Zealand Crownkiwi Kawasaki 491 Sam Cuthbertson All Hawk Moto Lindsay Farm Kawasaki 712 David Ashton 1, 3–4 Yamaha 734 Jonathan Martelli 1 Gas Gas 921 Luke Maitland All Mach 1 Yamaha Yamaha 950 Preeda Boon 4
Riders Championship
Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike ROT BAL PUK TAR Points 1 Hamish Harwood KTM 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 285 2 Jed Beaton Yamaha 5 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 271 3 Jack Treloar Honda 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 226 4 Joshua Jack Husqvarna 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 4 3 5 4 Ret 179 5 Luke Maitland Gas Gas 12 6 7 11 9 7 4 3 5 4 12 Ret 155 6 Sam Cuthbertson Kawasaki 8 8 9 7 7 9 14 9 6 16 15 10 134 7 Seth Thompson KTM 7 20 10 6 21 Ret 5 6 13 10 5 5 123 8 Hayden Wilkinson Yamaha 13 16 15 12 10 10 7 7 9 12 10 9 122 9 Tyler Steiner Suzuki 23 11 19 9 6 6 13 10 7 17 7 6 120 10 Hayden Smith Gas Gas 4 5 5 4 3 3 108 11 James Rountree Yamaha 15 10 12 17 13 14 9 13 11 15 9 11 103 12 Madison Latta Kawasaki 20 14 13 8 8 8 20 18 DNS 9 11 8 94 13 Toby Winiata Honda 11 18 14 10 11 16 8 17 16 11 14 13 93 14 Davi Jordan Kawasaki 19 17 Ret 18 16 13 11 12 8 8 8 12 89 15 Max Singleton Yamaha 22 15 16 13 17 11 16 8 12 14 13 14 82 16 Nic D'Arcy Honda 18 12 20 14 12 12 10 11 10 70 17 Josiah Natzke KTM 2 2 3 64 18 Josh de Reus Gas Gas 14 21 18 16 15 17 12 16 17 13 16 15 62 19 Brad Groombridge Honda 6 6 4 48 20 Liam Hutton Yamaha 25 22 21 19 18 18 17 14 15 18 17 16 37 21 Ethan Waters Yamaha 9 9 8 37 22 Ezra Holmes Gas Gas 16 19 17 15 14 15 30 23 Luke van der Lee Yamaha 10 13 11 29 24 Preeda Boon Yamaha 7 Ret 7 28 25 Liam Kerr Yamaha 24 23 22 20 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 17 20 26 Logan Maddren KTM 15 15 14 19 27 David Ashton Kawasaki 27 24 24 18 20 19 21 20 18 10 28 Darryl King Husqvarna 20 18 19 6 29 Jonathan Martelli Yamaha 17 Ret DNS 4 30 Zak Nolan Gas Gas 26 25 23 22 20 20 Ret Ret DNS 2 Josh Bensemann KTM 21 Ret DNS 0 Cam Negus KTM 21 DNS DNS 0 Callem McCulloch Yamaha DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike ROT BAL PUK TAR Points
MX2
Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds WBR Bulk Nutrients Yamaha Yamaha D Kobe Drew 1 CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 1 Cody Cooper All CML KTM Racing KTM 4 Madoc Dixon 1 192 Reuben Smith All Empire Kawasaki Kawasaki 10 Taylah McCutcheon 1 Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 14 Cobie Bourke All 722 Phoenix van Dusschoten 1, 3 Hamburger Transport Kawasaki 17 Bradley Hamburger 2 Yamaha Whangarei Yamaha 20 Logan Denize All Team MR Motorcycles Yamaha 22 Flynn Watts 1 Southland Honda Honda 26 Mitch Weir 2–4 Crownkiwi Alpinestars Honda Honda 41 Curtis King All 110 Rian King All Nelson Motorcycles KTM 43 Luke Heaphy All Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 55 Jack Symon All 58 Ryan Harris All 242 Michael Buchanan 2 Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 108 James Scott All KTM 115 Declan Pyper 3 KTM 121 Jack Coleman 1, 3 KTM 122 Ryan Gwynn 2 KTM 141 Freddie Gordon 1–2 Team MR Moto KTM 144 Tyler Brown 1 999 Jared Hannon All KTM 163 Ryan Crawford 2 Holeshot MX Husqvarna 164 Reece McBride 2 Action Moto Ndub Kawasaki 178 Ajay Jordon 1 Whyteline MR Motorcycles KTM 199 Alex Garland 1 Husqvarna Junior Racing Husqvarna 254 Jack Deveson 1 KTM 278 Yanni Emerson-Rae 1–2 Honda Hub New Plymouth Honda 279 Sam Corston All Yamaha 309 Nixon Parkes 1, 3–4 Honda 363 Rhys Kelly 3 Kawasaki NZ Bike Torque Taumarunui Kawasaki 394 Karaitiana Horne 2 Yamaha 472 Liam Hoffman All LMC Husqvarna Racing Husqvarna 485 Caleb Ward All KTM 699 Jacob Simpson 2, 4 Yamaha 717 Jayden McKenzie 1 Yamaha Whangarei Yamaha 809 Tyler Cooksley All MotoSouth KTM 828 Brandon Hall 2 Yamaha 911 Nate Adams 3 Maxh1 Yamaha MotoHQ Yamaha 939 Kurtis Gooch All KTM 972 Carlin Hedley All Yamaha 982 Aaron Manning 1
Riders Championship
Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike ROT BAL PUK TAR Points 1 James Scott Yamaha 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 271 2 Cody Cooper Gas Gas 4 1 3 1 1 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 264 3 Caleb Ward Husqvarna 3 3 1 5 2 1 2 5 1 3 2 3 253 4 Jack Symon Honda 8 8 6 3 4 4 9 9 6 4 7 6 183 5 Rian King Honda 6 5 5 4 Ret 5 3 4 4 5 4 Ret 171 6 Jared Hannon KTM 5 6 7 10 6 10 11 8 7 7 5 4 167 7 Cobie Bourke Honda 11 13 10 Ret 5 7 4 3 5 6 Ret 5 144 8 Reuben Smith KTM 10 10 8 6 10 13 10 10 8 13 6 7 141 9 Curtis King Honda 16 16 18 7 12 9 7 6 9 11 10 8 123 10 Logan Denize Yamaha 17 15 13 11 8 15 8 7 15 12 9 10 112 11 Luke Heaphy KTM 13 18 15 8 7 14 16 13 10 9 8 11 110 12 Ryan Harris Honda 19 12 17 9 9 8 15 15 16 14 14 14 90 13 Carlin Hedley Honda 14 23 16 12 13 12 13 16 13 10 12 13 87 14 Tyler Cooksley Yamaha 18 14 11 13 Ret 11 12 12 11 16 15 12 86 15 Mitch Weir Honda 14 11 6 19 14 12 15 11 15 72 16 Madoc Dixon KTM 2 4 4 58 17 Nixon Parkes Yamaha 22 21 14 17 17 14 8 13 9 55 18 Jack Coleman KTM 21 7 28 6 11 Ret 39 19 Kobe Drew Yamaha 7 9 9 38 20 Liam Hoffman Yamaha 25 25 23 15 14 17 18 20 19 18 16 16 36 21 Flynn Watts Yamaha 9 11 12 31 22 Bradley Hamburger Kawasaki 16 15 16 16 23 Kurtis Gooch Yamaha 27 27 25 21 19 25 Ret DNS DNS 17 17 17 14 24 Rhys Kelly Honda 14 Ret 17 11 25 Tyler Brown KTM 12 20 DNS 10 26 Yanni Emerson-Rae KTM 24 22 22 20 16 18 9 27 Brandon Hall KTM 17 17 20 9 28 Jack Deveson Husqvarna 15 19 21 8 29 Sam Corston Honda 28 28 24 18 18 21 20 DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 7 30 Aaron Manning Yamaha 20 17 19 7 31 Declan Pyper KTM Ret 19 18 5 32 Reece McBride Husqvarna 19 Ret 19 4 33 Phoenix van Dusschoten Honda 26 Ret DNS Ret 18 Ret 3 34 Jayden McKenzie Yamaha 23 24 20 1 35 Jacob Simpson KTM 26 20 22 DNS DNS DNS 1 Ryan Gwynn KTM 22 21 23 0 Ryan Crawford KTM 24 22 Ret 0 Michael Buchanan Honda 23 23 24 0 Freddie Gordon KTM 30 Ret 27 25 Ret DNS 0 Ajay Jordon Kawasaki 29 26 26 0 Alex Garland KTM Ret DNS DNS 0 Taylah McCutcheon Kawasaki Ret DNS DNS 0 Karaitiana Horne Kawasaki Ret DNS DNS 0 Nate Adams Yamaha Ret DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike ROT BAL PUK TAR Points
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